崑
kūn

Kunlun mountains in Jiang Su province.

Phonosemantic compound. 山 represents the meaning and 昆 represents the sound.

Components

山
山 Meaning component
shān mountain
昆
昆 Sound component
kūn elder brother

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangkuːn
Unicodekuən

說文解字

崑崙，山名。从山昆聲。《漢書》楊雄文通用昆侖。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)